oil cooooolers, what you have? how do you rate it?

[slydar]

yeah. my set up cost me about that brand new. no thermostat, but all brand new high quality stuff. just gotta think outside the square

that one odd 90* looking 90 is just made up from 2 or 3 peices thats all. its an AN stuff for sure. like a straight hose end, a 90 female/female or female make, and an adapter.

[racsov]

I run a china $350 kit. works well, after install there was a noticiable drop it water temps. the fake speedfow fittings are horrible and you need to be really careful installing them, and the lines are too long being a universal kit. but apart from that, cant fault it..

[NIZLAH]

I've read stories of cheapo kits causing too much pressure drop and in turn engine failure.... although a few people seem to be using them with no drama's....
I am also in the market for a relocation kit at present and want to know what to avoid etc (I guess it has been stated already) but any specifics would be helpful..

[ke70dave]

anyone got anything against the stocko oil cooler?

i have a 20V sandwitch plate, and an ae82 oil cooler

havent put it on though as havent been bothered

all these other kits look very expensive for doin the same thing?

and also what is the advantage of the relocation kit? i havent pulled a oil filter any easier than that of a 4age..its just sitting there waiting to be pulled off!

[johl]

but for people with extractors that look like a bowl of noodles or they have a snail sitting there it gets harder to remove it

[af300e]

They don't look like -10 fittings, more like -8? Most of the remote oil filter systems are -8 it seems. Surely if -8 is good enough for the filter, it's good enough for the cooler??

In case anyone is wondering, -8 is approx 13mm, -10 is approx 16mm.

[NIZLAH]

Can anyone comment on the following kits...

[Hen may possibly be a nut]

I once heard mention of using a WRX water cooled adaptor block which you could put in between the filter and the block. I never got around to looking into it, but it sounded reasonable to me, and another option to look at.

- Simple, just the adaptor and two water lines.
- Won't cool your oil too far (basically an inbuilt thermostat)

But you need to know your cooling system isn't on the edge already.

Hen

[af300e]

Great suggestion.

Also, 5s cooler is similar in design and easy to find at your friendly self-wreck. As well as not over cooling your oil this sort of system is likely to bring it up to operating temp more quickly.

[JUG-HEAD]

where do i get the sandwhich plate with the holes for the bigger -10 fittings? can only find one suitable for gauge sensors and the like